Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry
ICPA
Bucharest
International Research Projects
(Selective list)
ADAM: Assimilation of spatial Data by AgroModeling (ADAM Project, French - Romanian co-operation);
A spatially distributed simulation model predicting the dynamics of agrophysical soil state within Eastern and Western Europe countries for the selection of management practices to prevent soil erosion based on sustainable soil-water interactions
(SIDASS Project, Inco-Copernicus Programme, European Commission);
Solid water management in agricultural production in urban areas of CCE/NIS countries (SWAPUA Project, Inco-Copernicus Programme, European Commission);
Experience with the impact of subsoil compaction on soil nutrition crop growth and environment and ways to prevent subsoil compaction (Inco-Copernicus Programme, European Commission);
Agricultural rehabilitation of polluted soils in Romania (FAO);
A spatial distributed soil, agroclimatic and soil hydrobiological model to predict the effects of climate change on land use within the European Community (IMPEL Project, European Commission, Soil Survey and Land Research Centre, Silsoe, UK);
Mapping of soil and terrain vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe (SOVEUR Project, FAO, ISRIC, Netherlands Government);
Microbial inoculants implied in the integrated systems for biological nutrition and disease control in leguminous and oleaginous crops (COST Programme, European Commission);
Fundamental agronomical and environmental aspects of sulphur nutrition and assimilation in plants (COST Programme, European Commission);
Quantifying the agricultural contribution to eutrophication (COST Programme, European Commission);
Spatial modelling at the regional scale of the response and adaptation of soils and land use systems to climate change (ACCESS Project, European Commission, Soil Survey and Land Research Centre, Silsoe, UK);
Vulnerability assessment and adaptation options - Country study on climate change in Romania, Agriculture sector (Hagler and Bailly Consulting Inc., Boulder Co., USA);
CORINE - Land cover in Romania (CORINE Project, European Commission);
European Soil Database at 1:1.000.000 scale. (European Commission);
Soil Geographical Database of Europe at scale 1:1,000,000 (European Commission, JRC, INRA);
Variation of the organic matter storage in soil. (VAMOS Project, European Commission, CNRS-CEFE Montpellier);
International co-operative programme of assessment and monitoring of air pollution effects on forests in the ECE regions (United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe);
Strategy of biodiversity conservation in Romania (European Commission);
Use of nuclear techniques for evaluating the agricultural use of sewage sludge and environmental protection (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria);
Use of nuclear and related techniques for evaluating the agronomic effectiveness of phosphate fertilisers, in particular rock phosphates (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria);
Nutrient application in agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe. Protection and control of water resources against diffuse nitrogen pollution (European Commission);
Potassium in agriculture (International Potash Institute, Basel, Switzerland);
The soil potassium resources and the efficiency of potassium fertilisers in Romania (International Potash Institute, Basel, Switzerland);
Mechanical properties of representative Romanian soils (University of Kiel, Germany);
Soil degradation; assessment of causes and remedial measures (NATO, Silsoe Research Institute, UK);
Environment Standards Database (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development);
Balkan Agricultural Database (Ministries of Agriculture - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia).